Description

The same Pads sounds you love, now in MainStage

Our MainStage Pads Player patches aren’t software patches that you play with a keyboard. They are the exact same Pads samples available from our Flagship Pads line that you know and love. We’ve simply optimized the files to play inside of MainStage.

This allows you or your keys player to play any instrument patch you’d like within MainStage while playing the Pads as well with control over the volume level and transparency of the Pads (more on that in a bit).

The perfect way to play Pads

Our MainStage Pads Player patches are the ideal way to play Pads if you use MainStage. These patches allow you to integrate our award-winning Pads sounds into your existing workflow, and they solve the three most common obstacles churches face when playing back Pads

PROBLEM #1: HOW TO TRIGGER PADS

The MainStage Pads Player patches allow you to trigger Pads with the push of a button (or a key on a keyboard depending on how you map the patch). It just becomes part of your keys player’s setup and workflow. And it puts control in the hands of musicians. You can use an iOS device or app to trigger Pads, or you can implement them into your presentation software, but all these solutions have potential limitations. MainStage overcomes all these limitations.

PROBLEM #2: HOW TO SWITCH KEYS SMOOTHLY (AND CROSS-FADE)

With our MainStage Pads Player patches, anytime you trigger a new Pad, the Pad that is currently playing fades out while the new one fades in. This is all handled within MainStage itself, and it works seamlessly. You can easily switch keys smoothly between songs, or even within a song to facilitate a key change. When you stop the Pads, they fade out as well.

PROBLEM #3: SOMETIMES PADS CAN BE A BIT TOO MUCH

We’ve noticed (and we’ve heard from you), that sometimes the Pads can take up a bit too much space. You can always just turn them down, but this does not really solve the problem of EQ space.

We’ve added a knob called ‘TRANSPARENCY‘. As you turn this knob up, the Pads take up less pace. It’s extremely effective if you want to remove some weight from the Pads and have them take up a smaller sonic footprint. Then, when you want the Pads to sound bigger, just turn the knob back down.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. APPLE MAINSTAGE REQUIRED. This patch is designed to work with MainStage by Apple. It will not work on any other piece of software. MainStage is available here (or in the Mac App store). Make sure to use the latest version of the software.

2. STOCK VERSION – ALL SOUNDS ARE BUILT IN: This patch does not use any 3rd party plugins or instruments/sounds. Everything you need comes stock with MainStage.

3. *PRO VERSION: The PRO Version requires two 3rd party plugins. In order to load the Piano, Pads & Strings sound you need to own a copy of Spectrasonics Software – “Keyscape” & “Omnisphere”. This software is NOT included but is highly recommended for the serious modern keyboardist. If you do not own this software, there is no advantage to using this patch. In that case, please use the STOCK Patch.

INCLUDED SOUNDS AND EFFECTS

The instruments/sounds we’ve included in this patch are designed to cover a wide variety of keys sounds found in modern worship music. You should be able to work through most any worship song using just these sounds.

Each sound/effect is assigned to a fader with the appropriate label. You can then assign these faders to physical controls on your midi controller to be able to fade sounds in/out at your discretion. Certain sounds are only mapped to certain keys of the keyboard, which are visible in the patch.

THE ULTIMATE PATCH STOCK INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DESIGNED SOUNDS:

Piano: A basic piano patch. Designed by Fuller using MainStage Native Samples. Custom Effects Routing to enhance depth and response.

Pads: Ambient pads (this is different than the Pad drones that can be triggered). Designed by Fuller using MainStage Native Synth “ALCHEMY”. Custom Verb Routing to enhance depth.

Strings: You get an orchestra at your command. Designed using EXS24 Sampler. Added Shimmer & Verb to enhance sonic depth.

B3: A basic Organ Sound patch. Sustain pedal triggers Leslie Rotary Effect. Great for big parts of the song. Designed by Fuller using MainStage Native Samples.

THE ULTIMATE PATCH PRO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DESIGNED SOUNDS:

*Piano: A stellar piano patch, “LA CUSTOM C7 – CINEMATIC” using 3rd Party Software developer Spectrasonic’s “Keyscape”. Tweaked using custom Shimmer & Verb Effects Routing to enhance depth and response. (*In order to load this sound, you need to own a copy of “Keyscape”: https://www.spectrasonics.net This software is NOT included)

*Pads: Custom, playabe Ambient pads (this is different from the Diatonic Pad drones that can be triggered in the Pads Player). Designed using 3rd Party Software developer Spectrasonic’s “OMNISPHERE”. Custom Verb Routing to enhance depth. (*In order to load this sound, you need to own a copy of “Omnisphere”: https://www.spectrasonics.net This software is NOT included)

*Strings: Flagship String Patch “HYBRID WARM STRING SECTION” from 3rd Party Software developer Spectrasonic’s “Omnisphere”. Added Shimmer & Verb to enhance sonic depth. (*In order to load this sound, you need to own a copy of “Omnisphere”: https://www.spectrasonics.net This software is NOT included)

B3: A basic Organ Sound patch. Sustain pedal triggers Leslie Rotary Effect. Great for big parts of the song. Designed by Fuller using MainStage Native Samples.

THE BREAD & BUTTER PATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SOUNDS:

Piano: A basic (and great sounding) piano patch

Rhodes: Rhodes keyboard sound

Pads: Ambient pads (this is different than the Pad drones that can be triggered)

Strings: You get an orchestra at your command

Synth: This is a high-energy dance synth sound

Pluck: Modern hip-hop percussive synth

LFO: Warm retro synth lead

ARP: Arpeggiated synth (16th notes) – this will add a pulse (and a ton of energy) to any song

THIS PATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS:

Reverb: A basic (and great sounding) reverb

Shimmer: Ethereal shimmer reverb created using stock plug-ins

Delay 1: 8th note delay (controlled by the ‘tap tempo’ button or the patch tempo)

Delay 2: Dotted 8th note delay (controlled by the ‘tap tempo’ button or the patch tempo)

USAGE

TRANSPARENCY

The ‘Transparency’ knob will roll low end off of the Pads drones. This only affects the Worship Tutorials Pads (triggered by the keys buttons). You can basically turn them into a shimmer type of pad sound.

MASTER EQ

This will affect lows/highs of all the included instruments/effects.

TAP TEMPO

This button will control the tempo of all the time based effects (delays, arp, etc).

EMERGENCY

This button stops everything!

WORSHIP TUTORIALS PADS SAMPLES BUILT IN

We’ve included a sample of Worship Tutorials Pads in this patch as well. These are base pads that play underneath everything – they’re the same as our award-winning Pads products, just built into MainStage. Just press the button and the Pads play – you can then play anything you want on top of them.

This functionality is a sample of what we offer with our MainStage Pads Player line of products.

CONCERT AND PATCH INCLUDED

We’ve included both a concert and a patch. The patch itself is called ‘Bread and Butter’. You can use the concert to get started right away, or import the ‘Bread and Butter’ patch into any exis